Innovation at you service

In order to better characterise our products and provide concrete solutions for our customers, we have set up an R&D unit within EUROCOB.

EUROCOB is a partner in the EMERGENTcy project, framed by the European cross-border cooperation program POCTEFA. This program encompasses the border regions of the Pyrenees: two French regions (Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie), four Spanish autonomous communities (Euskadi, Navarre, Aragon, and Catalonia), and the Principality of Andorra.

The objective is to diagnose the presence of antibiotics, resistant bacteria, resistance genes, and other emerging contaminants (EC) in the urban water cycle of the POCTEFA territory, as well as to evaluate the use of corncob based activated carbon to reduce their presence in the aquatic environment. The spread of resistant ECs is considered one of the major global challenges.

The project is based on three pillars:

• Detection and quantification of emerging contaminants in the urban water cycle of the POCTEFA territory.
• Development of technologies for the removal of antibiotics, ARB, ARG, and other pharmaceuticals from the urban water cycle.
• Raising public awareness about the use of antibiotics and their resistance, as well as the need to implement legislation regulating the discharge of emerging pollutants.

The public company NILSA is leading this project, in which EUROCOB is also a partner alongside the University of Navarre, the company Navarrabiomed, the University of Zaragoza, the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) represented by the IPREM laboratory, and the company Ecocene.

The project officially began on March 22, 2024, and will end on December 31, 2026. It has been co-funded by the European Union through the Interreg VI-A Spain-France-Andorra program (POCTEFA 2021-2027).

A dedicated project website is available at: https://www.emergentcy.eu/ or by clicking on the logo above.

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